subjective
adjectiveOPAL W
/səbˈdʒektɪv/
/səbˈdʒektɪv/
- based on your own ideas or opinions rather than facts and therefore sometimes unfair
- a highly subjective point of view
- Everyone's opinion is bound to be subjective.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2- The criticisms are purely subjective.
- The process of selection is inherently subjective and deeply unfair.
- making inevitably subjective judgements
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- (of ideas, feelings or experiences) existing in somebody’s mind rather than in the outside world opposite objective (2)Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
- appear
- be
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- [only before noun] (grammar) the subjective case is the one which is used for the subject of a sentence
Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘characteristic of a political subject, submissive’): from Latin subjectivus, from subject- ‘brought under’, from subicere, from sub- ‘under’ + jacere ‘throw’.